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Well, Actually

Mazey Eddings

Romance
LGBTQIA+

At a glance

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For podcast lovers
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Second chance romance
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Salacious
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Grab a hot dog

An utterly delightful and sexy second-chance romance between a black cat and golden retriever with Mazey Edding's signature sparkling voice!

Eva Kitt never expected to be the host of Sausage Talk, interviewing B-list celebrities over wieners, instead of pursuing the journalism career she dreamed of. When Eva publicly calls out her college ex for ghosting her, her video goes viral. It doesn’t help said ex is Rylie Cooper, a beloved social media personality that has built a platform on deconstructing toxic masculinity and teaching men how to be decent partners.

Now, she’s forced to confront Rylie on a live episode of Sausage Talk, where Rylie makes her a deal: allow him to take her on a series of dates to make up for his toxic behavior, then debrief them all on his channel. Eva refuses to play nice, but agrees to the deal to further her own career and continue defaming Rylie’s good name. But when these manufactured dates start to feel real, Eva has to wonder if the boy that broke her heart has become the man that might heal it.

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"Readers who enjoy remarkably strong women leads and crave emotionally redemptive story arcs will adore this radiantly hot enemies-to-lovers romance from Eddings."

- Library Journal

"Well, Actually is hilarious, heartfelt, and real. I wish I could live in Mazey Eddings' brain."

- Grace Reilly, USA Today bestselling author of the Beyond the Play Series

"Well, Actually is well, stunning! Eddings's voice is distinct, her observations sharp, and the romance between Eva and Rylie is equal parts vulnerable, heartwarming, and absolutely scorching. An absolute delight of a book!"

- Lyla Sage, New York Times bestselling author of Lost and Lassoed

Get a taste

I always expected my career would revolve less around wieners than it does.

I assumed there would be some wieners, of course (more euphemistically, less the ingested type), but as I finish my fourth hot dog of the day, sliding it down my gullet along with any dignity and self-respect I may have had, say, a year ago, I’m reminded that assumptions don’t pay the bills and when your hard-hitting journalism career (read: clickbait-centric joke of a job) asks you to eat hot dogs with B- to D-list celebrities for social media videos, you don’t ask Why? just How many?

“Do you have a favorite cheese?” I ask Harry O’Connell, an Irish keyboardist of an up-and-coming band called Tea Time Tantrum.

“I feel like it’s rather basic, but I’d have to say cheddar.” He flashes a cheeky smile, his eyes so blue they make me blush.

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Book notes

  • 🙋‍♀️ Why we chose

    Don’t be fooled by the sugary-sweet, retro-nostalgia cover—this book is teeming with sarcasm, internet culture, queer representation, and of course, B-list celebrities eating absurd quantities of hotdogs. We came for the delightful premise and three-dimensional characters, but we stayed for Eva and Rylie’s A+ banter (not to mention Mazey Eddings’s expert subversion of straight-passing romance genre expectations). If you’re looking for a book that will make you laugh while also delivering an incisive skewering of the atrocious double standards in media, look no further.

  • ⚠️ Content warnings

    4/5 open door.